The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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April 5, 1995 |
| I read the article, "I, David, Take You Marc,"
and then I sat back and waited. On March 29 you printed, "Feedback: Gay
marriage brouhaha," which was a collection of angry and hostile responses
to the article. If my guess is correct, the next installment in this series
will be a collection of responses from outraged members of the homosexual
community who have submitted letters of support of your paper for bringing
homosexual issues into the mainstream. It seems to me that I've seen this
format somewhere before.
Don't misunderstand. I know that this machinery is not something you invented. Newspapers, at their very core, are businesses. The goal of a business is to make money. Money is made by selling newspapers and advertisements. More readers means more money, and controversy means more readers. You know this and so do Jerry Springer, Jenny Jones, Oprah, Geraldo, Maury Povich, Ricky Lake, etc. |
 What you general readership fails to understand
is that your stance on this issue is irrelevant. You created controversy
in order to sell papers. I would imagine that you are thrilled by the responses
you received. I can't remember the last time you printed eight letters
about a single topic.
Congratulations. You were right. People are reading the paper. They are also watching those inane talk shows. It's sad to me to see The Enquirer participating so blatantly in this arena. Kenneth Zinnecker
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